[TxMt] Re: Getting out of incremental search

[Steve Lianoglou]

Hi,

> As it happens, my finger memory seems to have ctrl-a ingrained for  
> ending isearch, although I suspect that at times I would also use  
> (or try to use) ctrl-b, f, e, p, and n or maybe even an actual  
> arrow key.
>
> Speaking for myself, I rarely want to edit an isearch field. Again,  
> that's probably due to 15 years of emacs habits where isearch  
> fields couldn't be edited even if I had wanted to. But the upshot  
> is that I really miss the ability to end the isearch by moving the  
> cursor.

As a non emacs-refugee I actually find the current behavior more  
intuitive -- as in, I'd expect to be able to edit the search term  
(and happy that ctrl-a/e hop around in there while I'm playing with  
it) while in incremental search mode.

Just my 2 cents,
-steve